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Department of Education

State Board of Education

Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers [8 VAC 20 ‑ 781]

Action	Revisions to the Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers
Stage	Proposed
Comment Period	Ended on 1/30/2026

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1/31/26 12:00 am

Commenter: Anonymous

Increasing teacher-child ratios will lead to lower quality care.

It is never a good idea to increase teacher-child ratios.

We believe teacher to child ratios should not be able to be changed with an allowable variance.

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